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4. Cookies

We also use cookies to optimize our website. Cookies are files that are stored on the hard disk of your computer to assist navigation through our website. They avoid having to enter required data each time you visit the site. Cookies help us tailor the site to meet your individual needs regarding language, preferred interests, etc. If you do not want cookies stored on your computer, simply switch off the cookies function on your web browser. Your browser instructions tell you how to do this.

5. Contact or information material to certain subject matters

On our website you will find different ways of contacting us. Furthermore you have the possibility to request information.

5.1. Contact or information material to certain subject matters

You can contact us or you can request information material about our company and the PSI-share (under „Contact“ or “Investor Service“). To process your inquiries we need your title, your name, your e-mail address and your message. The other requested information improves the handling of the contacting process. The information given in this context is given explicitly on a voluntary basis and with your consent.

The personal data is solely used for the purpose for which you transferred it to us. Your personal data will not be used for any other purposes without your explicit consent. You can revoke your consent for the future. Just send a message to our data protection officer (see below).

5.2. PSI professional journals and list for press and shareholder information

On our website you can subscribe to the professional journals production manager, energy manager and infrastructure manager. Under „Investor Service“ you can register for our list for press and shareholders information. If you wish to receive these documents by post, we need your first and last name and your address. If you prefer a receipt by e-mail, we need your first and last name as well as your e-mail address.

You can unsubscribe from the journals or from the list and revoke your consent for the future. Just send a message to the e-mail address mentioned under „subscription“ or unsubscribe from the list on our website (under „Investor Service“). In this case we will delete your data immediatly.

6. Career

If you apply for a job, your data will exclusively be used for the handling of your application and not transferred to third parties. Please note that applications, which are sent via e-mail or via our online application system, will be transferred unencrypted.

7. No data transfer to third parties

No personal data is transferred to third parties except where this is necessary according to the law. Given that external companies will process your personal data, we take all necessary legal, technical and organisational measures to make sure that these companies comply with the provisions of Data Protection Law.

8. Data security

We have taken extensive technical and operational precautions in order to protect personal data stored by us from unauthorized access and misuse. Our security procedures are monitored regularly and updated according to the technological progress. Our staff is trained regularly and is committed to data secrecy.

9. Right of access

If requested, we shall inform you in writing, in accordance with applicable law, whether we have stored personal data referring to you and what this data involves. As stipulated by law, you also have the right to correct, block and delete this personal data. Our directory of registerable particulars has details compiled in accordance with Article 4e of the German Data Protection Act.

Upon request our data protection officer can make these details available to you. If you have any further questions concerning data protection, feel free to contact our data protection officer.

Privacy Policy

Welcome to our website. We thank you for your interest in the subject of data protection. We are highly committed to protecting your privacy. The information below provides details of the nature, extent and purpose of collecting, processing and using your personal data while you are using our website.

1. What is personal data?

Personal data within the sense of the German Data Protection Act (BDSG) includes details related to personal or factual matters of a specified or specifiable natural person (the data subject), such as your name, your address, your e-mail address, your telephone number, your bank details or your birth date.

2. Anonymous data collection

Unless stated otherwise in the following sections, no personal data will be collected, processed or used while using this website.

By preserving your anonymity some information will be transferred while accessing this website, such as

IP-address

Browsertype/browserversion

operating system

Referrer URL (last website accessed)

Time of server request.

We are not able to relate this data to a certain person. That information will not be combined with other sources of data. After a statistical analysis the data will be deleted and solely used to improve the appeal, contents and functionality of the website.

3. Google

3.1 Google-Adwords and Conversion-Tracking

For purpose of promoting our services, our website employs the Google ad tool "Google-Adwords" to advertise on third party websites (including Google). As part of this, our website employs the Google analysis service "Conversion-Tracking".

If you access our website by way of an advertisement, a cookie is placed on your computer. The cookie installed by clicking on the advertisement remains valid for about 30 days. For more detailed information please see Google´s notes on the site stats and the privacy policy.

By means of this technology, Google and we as customers are informed that a user has clicked on advertisements placed by Google and was redirected to our website. Google exclusively uses the information to assess statistics of our website and optimize it. However we don`t receive any kind of information that can be used to personally identify users. These statistics provided by Google inform us of the total number of users who have clicked on our advertisements and possibly which pages of our website containing a conversion tag were accessed by each user. You can prevent the installation of the cookie by making according changes to your browser settings. In this case your visit will not be entered into the statistics.

3.2 Google Adwords and Remarketing

Furthermore this website uses the Google Adwords remarketing service. This technology enables us to place interest-based advertisements on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. This can be in the form of an advertisement appearing on the Google search results page, or a website, which is part of the Google Display Network. This functionality is based on a cookie technology. Cookies are files containing certain information, which make it possible to re-identify the user. When accessing one of our websites the cookies are saved on your computer. For more detailed information regarding the use of cookies by Google and the respective network of partners please see the privacy & terms in the section advertising.

If you don’t wish to receive customized advertisements, you can deactivate the use of cookies for this purpose in the Google Ad Settings page. You can deactivate the use of cookies by third party vendors entirely via the consumer opt-out page by the Network Advertising Initiative.

3.3 Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the website provider Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.

You can refuse the use of Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set on the computer, which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website: Disable Google Analytics.